What was DC like in the summer of 2000? I want some nostalgia

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Anonymous wrote:Much like it is now, to be honest.

The center of gravity for nightlife was further west - Dupont, Georgetown, Adams Morgan. Not much east of 16th for many of us.

Quiz night at Stetson's. Boozy nights at Larry's or Fox and Hound. Brickskeller.

True story. I remember going to shows at the Black Cat in the early 2000s and there was literally nothing else there. 14th was deserted at night.

I was often east of 16th. Yes, almost got mugged/kidnapped near the Black Cat twice. You could find parking anywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:The DC man running backwards down H Street NW while singing and wearing huge headphones. He ran among the cars. Was always happy to see him.

Loved that dude.

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Anonymous wrote:Violent and full of gangs and drugs

prostitutes on K Street.

In 2000? No.

NP. There were definitely prostitutes on K street around 2001-2003. I used to work there and see them, my male colleagues reported being approached by them multiple times.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Much like it is now, to be honest.

The center of gravity for nightlife was further west - Dupont, Georgetown, Adams Morgan. Not much east of 16th for many of us.

Quiz night at Stetson's. Boozy nights at Larry's or Fox and Hound. Brickskeller.

True story. I remember going to shows at the Black Cat in the early 2000s and there was literally nothing else there. 14th was deserted at night.

I was often east of 16th. Yes, almost got mugged/kidnapped near the Black Cat twice. You could find parking anywhere.

There was still a significant amount of prostitution along 14th down by Thomas Circle at that time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What was the name of the Delirium Tremmens bar in Adams Morgan?

Brickskeller?

Brickskeller was on P street in Dupont (but also a great memory! I love this thread but now feeling so wistful...)

It was on 22nd. Close to P though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC101 had Chilli CookOffs in May/June? Down by the Old Post Office Pavilion. I loved Georgia Browns at Tysons. It was great. I wore doc martens.

There was no GA Brown’s at Tyson’s. Typo?

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Anonymous wrote:What was the name of that cover band that uses to play at Mr. Days?

Gonzo’s nose?

Yes!!! Thanks for bringing back that memory.

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Anonymous wrote:It was Pre-9/11 before all the security at the airports and you could literally arrive at the airport and basically walk straight to your plane and board--my husband (a consultant) used to cut it as close as possible. You can't imagine what a change it was to the country post-9/11. Threat levels and the loss of innocence. And the anthrax scare on the heals of 9/11 in 2001.

We also had just 'partied like it's 1999' and made it through Y2K unscathed.

Everything felt safe. No pandemics and mass shootings/school shootings were rare and not a daily occurrence like now.

The summer of 2000 was literally 14 months after Columbine. It was just a couple of years after Bill Clinton was impeached. There had already been a bombing at the World Trade Center and the USS Cole, so terrorism was enough of a concern that they had already closed Pennsylvania Avenue to traffic (when I first moved here in 1995, you could drive by the White House.) I think you may be looking at the time with some rose colored glasses.

No - there was a monumental shift after 9/11. It's all been downhill ever since.

How quickly you forget the Florida recount.

The Florida recount was definitely the end of innocence for me. That whole "hanging chad" business still gives me nightmares.

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This is a fun walk down memory lane, but some of the places mentioned closed in the 90s!

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I also went to Irish Times..a LOT. lol the dancefloor in the basement was fun and they always had a good guitarist singing covers in the bar. good times. The mentions of Tryst, Heaven and Hell and all the bars in AM brings back such memories too.

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Graduated law school in 2000, and moved to DC.

Friday nights were usually firm happy hours, then hooking up with friends somewhere in Georgetown or Dupont Circle (Georgetown Billiards, Buffalo Billiards, Madame's Organ etc.)

Saturdays we'd start somewhere in Clarendon, like Whitlow's or 4 Courts, then maybe into DC (sometimes for something risque, like Entre Nous, if anyone here remembers that).

Sunday was brunch day, once we hauled our butts out of bed at noon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was Pre-9/11 before all the security at the airports and you could literally arrive at the airport and basically walk straight to your plane and board--my husband (a consultant) used to cut it as close as possible. You can't imagine what a change it was to the country post-9/11. Threat levels and the loss of innocence. And the anthrax scare on the heals of 9/11 in 2001.

We also had just 'partied like it's 1999' and made it through Y2K unscathed.

Everything felt safe. No pandemics and mass shootings/school shootings were rare and not a daily occurrence like now.

The summer of 2000 was literally 14 months after Columbine. It was just a couple of years after Bill Clinton was impeached. There had already been a bombing at the World Trade Center and the USS Cole, so terrorism was enough of a concern that they had already closed Pennsylvania Avenue to traffic (when I first moved here in 1995, you could drive by the White House.) I think you may be looking at the time with some rose colored glasses.

No - there was a monumental shift after 9/11. It's all been downhill ever since.

How quickly you forget the Florida recount.

The Florida recount was definitely the end of innocence for me. That whole "hanging chad" business still gives me nightmares.

Maybe it was a big deal if you worked in government. It was all resolved in a month and no one stormed the Capitol. Chad, schmad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was Pre-9/11 before all the security at the airports and you could literally arrive at the airport and basically walk straight to your plane and board--my husband (a consultant) used to cut it as close as possible. You can't imagine what a change it was to the country post-9/11. Threat levels and the loss of innocence. And the anthrax scare on the heals of 9/11 in 2001.

We also had just 'partied like it's 1999' and made it through Y2K unscathed.

Everything felt safe. No pandemics and mass shootings/school shootings were rare and not a daily occurrence like now.

The summer of 2000 was literally 14 months after Columbine. It was just a couple of years after Bill Clinton was impeached. There had already been a bombing at the World Trade Center and the USS Cole, so terrorism was enough of a concern that they had already closed Pennsylvania Avenue to traffic (when I first moved here in 1995, you could drive by the White House.) I think you may be looking at the time with some rose colored glasses.

No - there was a monumental shift after 9/11. It's all been downhill ever since.

How quickly you forget the Florida recount.

The Florida recount was definitely the end of innocence for me. That whole "hanging chad" business still gives me nightmares.

Maybe it was a big deal if you worked in government. It was all resolved in a month and no one stormed the Capitol. Chad, schmad.

Right, it was contentious, but the politicians involved (Bush, Gore) very much believed in the American system, and resolved it in the courts. Gore accepted the Supreme Court's decision, even though he didn't agree with it, and I have no doubt Bush would have done the same if the court had ruled against him.

I mean, we'd be better off as a country if our politicians used that recount as a model for resolving disputes.

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Does anyone remember the burrito cart guy? I can't remember what year he started selling on K street. He retired around 2015 or something. Just a guy selling burritos out of a cart. SO good.

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Cocaine-fueled late nights in Adams Morgan, specifically at Madam's Organ.

Easy to park at night - for free - on U Street between 13th and 16th.

"Fuzzy math" vs. the "creation of the internet" for the White House.

Heady times, to be sure.